The older brother of Paul Pogba, former Manchester United midfielder, has been sentenced to a 3 yr jail time period, two years suspended, after being convicted of making an attempt to extort the French footballer.
Mathias Pogba, who was additionally fined €20,000 (£16,500), will keep away from time behind bars and as a substitute serve one yr carrying an digital bracelet.
5 different males had been discovered responsible of extortion and different crimes, and acquired sentences between 4 and eight years in a Paris courtroom on Thursday.
Paul Pogba, 31, stated he had been “tricked by childhood buddies” who held him at gunpoint in 2022 and demanded €13m (£10.8m). He stated he paid them €100,000 (£82,600).
Mathias Pogba’s lawyer Mbeko Tabula instructed RMC Sport the sentencing was “extraordinarily harsh” and stated “I feel we are going to attraction”.
The opposite 5 defendants had been handed the next sentences: Roushdane Okay acquired eight years, Boubacar C 4 years, two suspended, Adama C 5 years, Mamadou M 5 years, 12 months suspended, and Machikour Okay 4 years, three suspended.
Final yr, Paul Pogba instructed Al Jazeera that he had thought-about retiring from soccer due to the extortion try.
“When there may be cash it’s important to watch out,” he stated. “Cash modifications folks. It may break up a household. It may create a conflict”.
Former skilled footballer Mathias Pogba performed for golf equipment together with Partick Thistle, Wrexham, Crewe Alexandra and Crawley City. His final membership was Belfort in France, leaving them in 2022.
